Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Drew great looking boat I'm jealous for sure. Oriential is one of my favorite places to visit. Maybe we can hook up on the ICW sometime. The Reserve marina or what it used to be called is very near to me in Litchfield or Pawleys Island. Your passion for boats shows thru

 

[Buppies]

Happy 10th anniversary Farmer

 

[Buppies]

Yup ... the diameter of the three big logs from the last batch in the previous picture measured 37"+, 39"+, and 48"+ at the largest end ...


Yeah ... I dunno if I would say "on hand" exactly ...

I can come up with plenty of smaller wood ... but most of it would have to be cut down and bucked.

I've been cutting everything @ around 19" - 20" lengths ... I could cut those in half to 10" ... which might speed up the drying, but it might make it a PITA to handle/stack etc.

There's a large maple on the edge of leach field that needs to be taken out, has three or four trunks ... plus plenty of ash.

Just got to get the stuff cut down and get it bucked so it can start to dry and season.


If money was no object, I'd probably look at the tarps truckers that run flatbeds use ... I'd imagine those are pretty heavy and durable.


I'm at the point where I can ill afford to waste time having to redo stuff

Nice logs will come in handy this winter

 

[KevT]

Hey Farmer, Congratulations and may the next 10 be wonderful for the 2 of you.

 

[newbury]

Nice logs will come in handy this winter

But if you remember RS's saga a furnace would be easier.

 

[bakerg]

Today I've been married for 10 years. Na it ain't been that long. Counting. Um yea it has. So will take off early today and take wife to a movie then to dinner.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72F this morning, got to 89F and some decent sunshine. More box unloading, got living room setup. SWMBO thinks we will start sleeping there Friday or Saturday. Will have to figure out what is missing, several boxes have not still not been delivered. Internet is functional but home network is not setup.

 

[Larro Darro]

How are you dealing with the insects down there? Up here in Michigan, the skeeters are really bad today, and the black flies are there, but not in the cloud quantities that the skeeters are. My dogs go out, and come right back to the door. I worked outside a bit today, and wore jeans, long sleeve shirt, hat and a bunch of Cutter bug spray.

We haven't had enough rain lately to worry about skeeters too much. If you are in the shade a little Cutter is a good idea, but they have more sense than to get out in the sun Later in the summer on we will have yellow flies and horse flies so bad you have to cover all skin, and wear thick shirts and pants. They put a hurting on you when they bite.

 

[Larro Darro]

Nice looking boat Drew.

Happy anniversary Farmer.

MG, glad you guys are getting closer to living in the new house. When we built this house the varnish they put on the cabinets was making Margie sick. We would spend four nights in our old house in town, then three nights out here. It took a couple of months before she could take it full time.

 

[RoyJackson]

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65 right now with light rain...high today is a cooler 72 and a bit overcast.

 

[Eric Salop]

We had a few lambs on the weigh scales yesterday. They aren't quite there yet and need to fill out a little more to make the grade. Prices are down quite a bit on last year, so no one was disappointed at not being able to sell.

I took my wife out for a meal last night, a little treat we had promised ourselves a few days ago, rather than any special occasion. We went to a place we haven't been in for a while and went early so it wasn't overcrowded. When the food arrived my wife's choice was not quite as described on the menu and was a tiny, tiny portion. Mine on the other hand was both large and tasty, which in a perverse way, sort of made things worse, even though I was good and shared some. She was torn for choice over which sweet to choose from the desert menu, so I was going to order for myself her second choice , then she could have a taste of mine too, but kept that quiet. Sometimes good intentions come to nothing. The young staff were not skilled at customer service and couldn't be bothered to take the order, so in the end I paid and left with a very disappointed wife. When we got home she put on a rock album, played a few tracks with the volume up and managed to start smiling again.

No hot sun today, ideal weather for me to make a start on pointing the house. I have been doing this steadily for the last 3 years again. The planning rules that gave me permission to convert the former barn into a house require me to keep the original 200 year old lime mortar. Out in the real world, the mortar between every brick has been taking a battering from the weather for well over 200 years and every bit needs cutting back and replacing, in fact, building control will not sign off the property until it is done. Doing a little each year is classed only as repair, so keeps within the rules and more importantly, gives me a good excuse to take my time.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 57° with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 78° with mostly sunny skies. Today I celebrate another birthday. I already bought my gift. Wife is taking me out to dinner. Got barn kind of cleaned and mower on tractor. Should be a real good day to relax.
Good Morning All

 

[vtsnowedin]

What market weight do they want for the lambs?

 

[Buppies]

70 now high of 88 later. Had one really big storm come thru about 5:30 yesterday evening wind rain and lots of lightening, very vivid and close. 20 percent chance of more today goes up to 60% tomorrow then more big heat and humidity

 

[Buppies]

Coffee is done brewing. 57° with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 78° with mostly sunny skies. Today I celebrate another birthday. I already bought my gift. Wife is taking me out to dinner. Got barn kind of cleaned and mower on tractor. Should be a real good day to relax.
Good Morning All

Happy birthday Ron ad many more

 

[daugen]

Happy Birthday Ron. Just remember, they say if we make it this far, we'll make it a while further....:thumbsup:
many more miles in that motorhome for you to travel yet.

no rain last night, wish we had gotten something. Forecast looks pretty dry now; looks like I'm back to watering. At least a lot of the grass seed I planted finally took root. Today is lawn mowing, need to get it done before it climbs to 95 degrees.

 

[dave1949]

Happy Birthday Ron! Relax and enjoy the day.

53F headed to mid-70's once the rain clouds move out. We got just enough rain to wet the surface.

 

[KevT]

Hey Ron - Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Dear Ron, Happy Birthday to you. Be glad it is typed and not a voice recording

 

[wngsprd]

69 heading to 90s again. Summer is almost here.

Hope you had a great anniversary Farmer. and Happy Birthday, Ron.

Almost got run over by the swarm of hummingbirds while I was out washing and refilling them this morning.

Speaking of flies and skeeters...the deer flies are the worse I've seen this year. Rarely have I ever had to fight more than two at a time, and never did they leave the edge of the woods and follow me up the hill across the field. This year, as many as 5 have been buzzing me, and a couple made it across the deer fly DMZ up to the yard yesterday. They are easy to kill, but if one gets me, quite a welt appears.

 

[Thomas]

63F now high mid 70's on/off clouds once fog disappears.
So call shower or two said the weather man for last night was tad off..down and I mean 2 good down POURS...today the septic gets pump and clean so yesterday uncover tank top...whew,this morning 5"inch of water on top wet vac did its job may have to wait until lawn drys little before filling in.

May take quick spin w/mower trim lawn today.

Enjoy the day all.